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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. J. GASCOIYNE & G. A. ROYCE.

BOOT 0R SHOE.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. J. J. GASOOINE 82; G. A. ROYCE.

BOOT 0R SHOE.

diff/Ill! Patented Apr. 13, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

JOHN JAMES GASCOINE AND GEORGE APPELBEE ROYCE, OF LEICESTER, ENGLAND.

BOOT OR SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,760, dated April 13, 1886.

Application filed September 8, 1885. Serial No. 176,478.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that we, JOHN J .uuEs GASCOINE and GEORGE APPELBEE RoYeE, subjects-of the Queen of England, residing at Leicester, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boots, Shoes, and the Like, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain novel improvements in the manufacture of boots, shoes, and other like articles; and it consists, prin cipally, in the production ofa flexible bag separate from but towhich may be sewed or otherwise secured an outsole, which parts, when combined, constitute the boot or shoe or other like article. .Vith the flexible bag constructed according to our method, hereinafter described, may be combined an inner lining, an insole, and a stiffener, for purposes which will be readily apparent from the following description, taken in connection with the drawings, in which Figure l is an elevation of the upper and centerpiece united. Fig. 1 is a section through the upper and center piece. Fig. 2 is a view of part of the same more nearly finished; and

Fig. 3 shows the upperand center piece completely united and ready for the sole, &c. Fig. at is a vertical longitudinal section of the completed shoe; and Fig. 5 is a like transverse section thereof, taken on line 00 w of Fig. 4.

In carrying this invention into practice we take an upper cut and preparedin the ordinary way and turn it inside out. \Ve then take a piece of light soft leather, cloth, or other suit able material of proper size and having the shape of a sole for the boot orshoe when completed. This piece we callthe center piece. In Fig. 1, A is the uppcr,(wrong side out,) and B the center piece. These are sewed or felled together by their edges, as shown in Fig. 1, which is a section through both, A being the right of the upper, which is still wrong side out, and A the line of stitches. The lining of the upper is for the present left free and untouched. The upper and center piece having been sewed together all round, they form a soft flexible bag, which is easily turned by the fingers. This operation is next performed, and for the rest of the process the flexible bag is right side out, as in Fig. 3. The back part of (No model.) Patented in England August H, 1884, No. 11,141.

the lining O being left standing up, as shown in Fig. 2, the ordinary stiffener, 1), (shown in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3, and in section in Fig. 4,) made of leather or other material, is placed in position and secured by paste or equivalent. The lining Gis next turned down inside the bag, is tacked down with paste or equivalent, so as to hold it in place while the boot or shoe is completcd.- The complete bag now appears as in Fig. 3, and is so soft and flexible that in the case of thin shoes and the like it can be crumpled up in the hand with the greatest ease. \Ve now prepare a very light inner sole, S, of leather or other suitable material, of the same shape as for an ordinary boot, being very much lighter in substance. This is fixed inside the bag with alittle paste, as before. The shoe, so far completed, is now placed on an expanding-last, which is adjusted so as to fill out the shoe to the required size and shape, and the stiffener is beaten into its proper place with gentle blows, care being taken not to injure the seam at the edge of the center piece. The outer sole, S, is new adjusted and sewed on inv the ordinary manner.

The center piece,l3, iskeptsomewhat smaller than the outer sole, so that the stitches s, which attach the outer sole, may pass through the upper, just clear of the center piece, all round.

By this invention the cost of the boot or shoe is reduced, great flexibility and lightness are obtained, and no nails or packing being used in the manufacture there are none to hurt the foot of the wearer.

It will be apparent from the foregoing description that a flexible bag is produced which is entirely separate and distinct from the outsole, which latter need not be combined with said bag until it is desired to form the completed shoe or other like article. In this re spect our invention is entirely different from any other mode of inannlacturing boots, shoes,

-or the like known to us, the outsole in such cases being at the commencement of manufacture, and during the completion of the shoe or like article sewed or otherwise secured to the upper without first securing to the upper the sole-piece, which we call the center piece, to form the flexible bag referred to.

We do not desire to claim in the manufacture of turned shoes either an upper sewed directly to the outsole and combined with an insole, or such a shoe without an insole, or an upper sewed to an out-sole through the medium of-a welt, or such a shoe combined with an insole.

From the description it will be seen that our new article of manufacture differs essentially from those referred to in that we employ what we term a center piece or sole sewed to the upper and an outsole sewed to said upper by a line of stitches formed outside of the line of stitches, by which said center piece is sewed to the upper.

We do not desire to claim herein the process of making boots or shoes, as we have made a separate application for patent for this process on November 4, 1885, Serial No. 183,839. i

What we claim is- 1. The herein-described turned shoe, consisting of an upper, the-permanent center piece or sole sewed thereto, and an outsolesewed exclusively to the upper by a line of stitches that run entirely around and outside of theline of stitches that unite the center piece or sole to said upper, substantially as described.

2. The herein-described turned shoe, consisting of an upper, the permanent. center piece or sole sewed thereto, an outsole' sewed ex- .clusively to the upper by a line of stitchesthat run entirely around and outside of the line of stitches that unite the center piece or sole to the upper, and an insole secured to the center piece or sole, substantially as described.

3. The herein-described turned shoe, consisting of an upper, the permanent center piece or sole sewed thereto, a lining for said upper, an outsole sewed to the latter by a line of stitches that run entirely around and outside of the line of stitches that unite the center witnesses. 1

JOHN JAMES GASCOINE. GEORGE APPELBEE ROYCE. \Vitnesses:

DAVID OooKE RoYoE, DAVIDCOOKE RoYoE, Jun. 

